Jim Ronayne (footballer)

This article is about the footballer. For the hurler, see Jim Ronayne.

Jim Ronayne

Personal information
Sport	Gaelic football
Position	Midfield
Born	Clontarf, Dublin
Club
Years	Club
20	Clontarf
Inter-county
Years	County
1979-1989	Dublin
Inter-county titles
Leinster titles	4
All-Irelands	1
Jim Ronayne (born 28 February 1959) is a former Gaelic footballer who played for the Clontarf club and for the Dublin county team. [1] Ronayne made his debut for the Dublin senior football team in the 1979 Leinster Senior Football Championship final against Offaly. [2] He won an All-Ireland Senior Football Championship medal in 1983 when a twelve-man Dublin team, dubbed the ‘Twelve Apostles’, defeated Galway in the final. [3] [4] In total he won four Leinster Senior Football Championship medals in 1979, 1983, 1984, and 1985, [5] and an under 21 Leinster Football Championship medal in 1980. [4] He won a National Football League medal with Dublin in 1987 beating Kerry 1-11 to 0-11 in the final. [4] During his career, Ronayne played for Dublin in four All-Ireland Senior Football Championship finals, [6] eight Leinster Senior Football Championship Finals, two National Football League Finals, one Under-21 All-Ireland Football Championship Final, one Leinster Minor Football Championship Final and one Dublin Senior Football Championship Final with Clontarf. [7] References "Brief History". Clontarfgaa.com. 11 April 1961. Archived from the original on 18 March 2012. Retrieved 3 March 2012. "079 1979 Team | a whole new world". Dublincitypubliclibraries.com. Archived from the original on 20 December 2012. Retrieved 3 March 2012. Independent Woman (16 May 2011). "Eugene McGee: Is it now harder to get off the referees' elite panel than on it? - Eugene McGee, Columnists". Independent.ie. Retrieved 3 March 2012. "Profile". Hoganstand.com. Archived from the original on 9 April 2010. Retrieved 3 March 2012. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 October 2014. Retrieved 1 March 2012. "Final Teams | GAA History | About the GAA | GAA". Gaa.ie. Archived from the original on 11 April 2013. Retrieved 3 March 2012. "Counihan, Conor". Hoganstand.com. 22 May 1992. Retrieved 3 March 2012. This page is based on this Wikipedia article Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.